Planning appeal decision
Land at High Common Farm, Market Weighton Road, Barlby, YO8 5DA
Planning appeal 3280334 at Land at High Common Farm, Market Weighton Road, Barlby, YO8 5DA (Selby District Council *) was allowed on 28 February 2022 by Inspector Franks Z, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the countryside.
without planning permission, the material change of use of a garage/workshop building with a first floor gym by the conversion into a new dwellinghouse, together with the alteration to an agricultural field access, the creation of a new access road, parking and turning area and domestic curtilage to land east of the new dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Selby District Council *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Franks Z
- Postcode
- YO8 5DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the countryside
What decided it
The limited visual impact of the development from the public domain and its compliance with the exception for reuse of redundant buildings in paragraph 80(c) of the NPPF meant that the development did not harm the character and appearance of the countryside.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H12Policy SP2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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